In 2011, thousands of New Englanders occupied an obscure slice of Boston and became leaders in a national movement against greed. Five years later, we asked some of those activists to reflect on their radical protest camp experiment.
A DEPARTURE: AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BLISTERING COLUMNS, A FREE RADICAL CHANGE
I’m glad this column has allowed me to shine a light, however small, on the ills that plague the city. But we need more voices like mine, and more willingness to take risks.
THE GLOBE’S VISION FOR THE FUTURE OF BOSTON IS AS DEEPLY DISTURBING AS IT IS PROFOUNDLY UN-AMERICAN
What marks each of those dark episodes is a failure to fathom where an outlet’s vision leads, to carry rhetoric to its logical conclusion. This satirical interpolation attempts to do just that, to envision what Boston looks like with the Globe spinning rightward.
FREE RADICAL: BID FROM THE DEAD
Despite a resounding “no” from the people of Boston, development remains a top-down process guided by the city’s elite
END GAMES: PUT THIS IN YOUR BOSTON 2024 TIME CAPSULE AND CHOKE ON IT
The mayor saved Bostonians from a Summer Games budget-fuck no more than someone who arranges for a kidnapping and then pays the ransom rescued a missing child.
GFY USOC: THE VERY BEST OF DIGBOSTON’S OLYMPIC TROLLING
As the hipster paper of record in this town, we couldn’t be any happier to say, “We despised that band before they even dropped their first shitty single.”
EYES WIDETT SHUT: HOW THE CITY HOLDS THE KEYSTONE FOR BOSTON 2024’S OLYMPIC STADIUM PLANS
Menino hoped to keep the racks of ribs and crates of seafood fresh from the Atlantic overflowing in the heart of Boston forever.
THE CONFEDERATE GAMES OF AMERICA
Thanks to the Olympics, US flew ‘Stars and Bars’ on world stage
BOSTON 2024 PR GAMES: NOT INTERESTED
Before long, it became clear that the event organizers were unwilling to turn any meaningful authority over to members of the public.
BOSTON 2024: VERSION NUMBER TWO
Dispatch from the most exhausting week in Olympic history
